Hi Martin,

maybe it is possible to extract the functionality into a submodule of wicket 
all libraries can use.

kind regards

Tobias

> Am 14.10.2015 um 09:28 schrieb Martin Grigorov <[email protected]>:
> 
> Hi Tobias,
> 
> The problem is that if you use some library (e.g. wicket-extensions,
> wicket-jquery-ui, ...) then these libraries should implement both/all ways.
> I.e. if you implement your own way then these libraries most probably won't
> work.
> 
> Martin Grigorov
> Wicket Training and Consulting
> https://twitter.com/mtgrigorov
> 
> On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 8:51 AM, Tobias Soloschenko <
> [email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Martin,
>> 
>> maybe there are two other options:
>> 
>> 1. Use serviceloader in all NON-OSGi environments and only for OSGi use
>> the old mechanism.
>> 2. Implement a switch to tell the Wicket-Application to use the service
>> loader or the old mechanism.
>> 
>> Also I would allow the user to implement another way to load the wicket
>> properties (make the method protected) to cover solutions which might not
>> work either with ServiceLoader nor with the old mechanism.
>> 
>> kind regards
>> 
>> Tobias
>> 
>> P.S.: I personally prefer the solution mentioned with point 2.
>> 
>> Am 13.10.15 um 21:28 schrieb Martin Grigorov:
>> 
>> Hi devs,
>>> 
>>> There are some issues with the new code for scanning for wicket.properties
>>> in 7.0.0:
>>> - https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WICKET-5997 (also discussed at
>>> 
>>> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/33043321/has-anybody-been-able-to-run-wicket-7-0-0-on-websphere-liberty-profile-8-5-5-7
>>> )
>>> - https://github.com/apache/wicket/pull/138
>>> 
>>> At both reports ServiceLoader (SL) is suggested as a better solution for
>>> this functionality.
>>> When I implemented the current solution I've ignored SL because I remember
>>> having issues with it in OSGi environment and I've preferred the current
>>> solution because it works well for WebJars.
>>> 
>>> Adding support for SL is easy. The problem is what to do with the current
>>> solution.
>>> I see these solutions:
>>> 
>>> 1. Add support for SL and "deprecate" the current solution by logging
>>> WARNs
>>> 1.1. Log WARNs for several releases and then drop the current solution
>>> 1.2. Log WARNs until Wicket 8.0.0
>>> 2. Add support for SL and remove the current solution for the next release
>>> 
>>> At the moment we log WARN when the old /wicket.properties is detected on
>>> the classpath!
>>> 
>>> I am for 1.1 because the current solution is buggy (in uberjar and OSGi
>>> envs) and there is no point to support it. But at the same time I see that
>>> this would be a bigger change that probably should wait for major release.
>>> 
>>> Opinions?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Martin Grigorov
>>> Wicket Training and Consulting
>>> https://twitter.com/mtgrigorov
>> 

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